Det huvudsakliga syftet med studien var att med hjälp av ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt söka en förståelse av lärares syn på interaktionen elev- lärare. Fokus har vilat på attitydförändringar hos eleverna, under en 40 års period. Studien har lutat sig mot det sociokulturella och socialpsykologiska perspektivet och utgörs av en kvalitativ metod, där fem lärare har blivit intervjuade i en mellanstor stad i Sverige. Den teoretiska bakgrunden inleds med en definition av begreppet interaktion och belyser tidigare forskning kring interaktionen elev- lärare. Det ges även en överblick av begreppet attityder och normbrytande beteende i relation till påverkansfaktorer i vår omgivning. Bakgrunden behandlar likaså de större samhällsförändringar som skett sedan 1970-talet i form av postmodernitetens framfart och kommunaliseringen av skolan på 1980-talet.

Background: The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons that motivate women to seek cosmetic breast augmentation surgery, to examine their self-concept and how they relate to their breasts.Methods: Ten female postoperative participants who have undergone an aesthetic breast augmentation surgery on private clinics were interviewed using an unstructured interview format. Self-report questionnaire was used as a complement to the interview. The purpose of this was to examine women's self-concept. Six female postoperative participants who have undergone a breast augmentation surgery on public clinic and had medically confirmed defect also completed the measures.Results: The results of the interview analysis showed that some participants experienced positive physical and psychological outcomes of surgery and some did not. Several main themes were identified relating to the initial reasons for performing surgery.

Nano materials can today be found in a wide range of consumer products and the number of new products on the market is expected to inrease. In the shadow of hope for nano materilas potential in various applications, low awareness of its health and environmental risks is hiding. Furthermore, the knowledge about people´s risk perception of nano materials is limited. Parallel to the situation described above, the scholls meet the challenge of incrasing the scientific literacy. To achieve this goal, skills in argumentation in science studies has been emphasized and the concept of socio-scientific issues has been emerged.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness training in the treatment of chronic pain, estimate the degree of mindfulness before and after intervention, and to describe the participants experience of mindfulness training. Mindfulness is defined as moment to moment, non-judgmental awareness. After the treatment of chronic pain 16 patients were offered and nine agreed to participate in mindfulness training. The intervention group took part in an 8-week group-program. The comparison group, not randomized, was 16 former patients.

Syftet med denna uppsats var att med utgångspunkt från ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv undersöka hur två kända företags presentationer av en önskvärd arbetssökande kan tolkas. Kritisk diskursanalys ur genusperspektiv utfördes på texter från H&Ms och IKEAs hemsidor. Av intresse var hur individen konstrueras i Internetbaserade företagspresentationer. Genom analys identifierades diskurser samt subjektpositioner som skapats i texterna. Fokus låg genomgående på konsekvenser av sociala konstruktioner och på oavsiktlig diskriminering vid rekrytering.

Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a disease caused by Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV), which is an arbovirus. An arbovirus is a virus that is transmitted by an arthropod vector, in this case a mosquito. The virus is a member of the Phlebovirus genus in the family Bunyaviridae. It was first identified in the Rift Valley in Kenya in 1930. The disease is a zoonosis but mainly affects domestic ruminants inducing massive abortions and a high mortality among young animals.

ABSTRAKTLinnéuniversitetetInstitutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskapPedagogik med inriktning mot ungdoms -och missbruksvård, Examensarbete 15hp Titel                                    BEMÖTANDE OCH BEHANDLING AV UNGDOMAR MED UTAGERANDE BETEENDE ? ur ett könsteoretiskt perspektivEngelsk titel                       Encounting and treatment of adolescents with conduct disorder ? from a gender theoretical perspective Författare                          Ellinor Cronzell, Catherine ÅkessonHandledare                        Henrik NilssonDatum                                Mars 2010Antal sidor                         48Nyckelord                          Utagerande beteende, ungdomar, kön, Statens institutionsstyrlese, bemötande, behandling.Studiens syfte är att studera hur yrkesverksamma på SiS särskilda ungdomshem beskriver sina erfarenheter av bemötande och behandling av ungdomar med utagerande beteende. Studien syftar även till att belysa vilken roll könet har i behandlingsarbetet. En kvalitativ forskningsmetod med semistrukturerade intervjuer användes för att besvara studiens frågeställningar. Intervjuerna tolkades utifrån en kvalitativ innehållsanalys och problematiserades utifrån Moira von Wrights relationella och punktuella perspektiv samt ett könsteoretiskt perspektiv.

The aim of this study is to have a deeper understanding about the motivations and the obstacles of an immigrant?s language learning. I have studied the problem with focus on integration and language learning. The study is principally based on deep interviews with Turkish immigrants. I have studied the question by means of a socio-cultural perspective of learning; Mead?s conceptions I, Me and the generalised other; Scheff?s conception, the social bonds and Freire?s conception, dialog and Asplund?s conception social responsiveness.

The purpose of this master's thesis is to examine children's communication and interaction during story time at the public library. The aim is also to examine how to develop the story time ? in terms of participation and equality ? at a specific library.Action research was used as a research strategy and participant observation, log, tutoring and interviews as methods to collect data. Since action research is done on the basis of practice, a significant collaboration with the librarian and the participant children is taking place within this study.Research from the fields of Library and Information Science, Education and Childhood Sociology form the interdisciplinary research area to which this study links. The theoretical framework consists of theory and concepts from the Socio-cultural Perspective, Poststrucuralist Feminism and Childhood Sociology.

This paper examines how remedial teachers and subject teachers in two secondary schools talk about pupils with special education needs (SEN) both in general, and more specifically about boys and girls who need special education. The study is based on 6 interviews with teachers in two secondary schools in the Stockholm area. In the analysis of the interviews, two different theories have been used. Firstly, the teachers´ speech has been analyzed based on three perspectives; a compensatory-, a critical- and a dilemma perspective (see Nilholm, 2007). Secondly, discourse analysis has been used to examine how the teachers in the study talk about boys and girls in the special education.

This thesis is composed within the framework of the supplementary course in psychotherapy concentrating on family therapy (60 credits) arranged by Lund University's affiliate in Västerås, Sweden.The purpose of this thesis has been to explore how the idea to initiate evidence based methods in the workings of the Individual and Family Care Department of the City of Västerås was born. Furthermore the thesis will explore if consideration for methods of theoretical implementation are implied. The study assumes a qualitative attempt and is based on semi-structured interviews from three levels within the organization, including both management and operation.Theories on organization,implementation and the theory on change strategies have been used as a theoretical starting point.The study result shows that introduction of evidence based methods in the City of Västerås is based on the experiences of the organization regarding the need to develop and increase social services contributions to non-institutional care. Experiences from expensive transferrals to institutions which only occasionally produced satisfactory results were a contributing factor. New published research and a strong interest and desire inside the department to improve and change social services contributions have naturally been a positive influence for the development.

The right wing party the Sweden Democrats is through their conservative and nationalist approach and socio-political heritage, connected to various extreme-right populist movements, which have all been in conflict with different branches of feminism. This connection is argued for in relation to the research survey. The party has likewise been accused of pursuing misogynistic, homophobic and racist politics, but differ from its ideological peers due to their outspoken equality policy. The party shows strong rejection of discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation or geographical, religious or ethnical background. In the analysis chapter of this study, texts produced by members of the party are analyzed by means of parts of Karlberg and Mral?s rhetoric analysis method, aiming to clarify what ideals of family and the roles within it are being constructed.

The aim of the study is to explore the meaning of living with urinary incontinence caused by Spina Bifida, self-esteem, psychological well-beeing and expectations on treatment of urinary incontinence in 10 children and adolescents, 9-20 years old, as well as their parents perspective. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviewes as well as self-reports about self-esteem ("I think I am"; Ouvinen-Birgerstam, 1999) and psychological well-beeing (Beck Ungdomsskalor; Beck, Beck & Jolly, 2004). To examine the parents insight in their childrens situation and well-beeing parents proxy-reports was compared to their childrens self-reports. The results showed that psychological well-beeing and self-esteem of the children and adolescents in this study was comparable to normgroups, but that there was big individual differences. The parents proxy-reports are comparable to their childrens self-reports, but vary depending on the domain beeing estimated.

Mathisen, Anna & Wallenborg Carina. Mottagande av Ensamkommande flyktingbarn som kommer till Sverige ? en hermeneutisk textanalys. Pedagogik C 30hp VT09. Högskolan i Gävle.

The purpose of this paper is to carry out a domain analysis of Section for Maps and Pictures at Uppsala University?s Library and investigate its business, collection and knowledge organization. Birger Hjørland?s socio-epistemological domain analytic paradigm is applied. As methods, Hjørland suggests eleven approaches, and from them he emphasizes especially the importance of the historical and epistemological approaches.In this paper three questions are analysed.